
Our Team
Executive Staff

Yasmeen Hamza
Chief Executive Officer

Alena Victor
Chief Program Officer

To Be Announced
Chief Development Officer

To Be Announced
Director, Finance

Sasha-Ann Frazer
Associate Director, Community Programs

Lydia Khoo
Associate Director, Finance

Taykina Chowdhury Alam
Associate Director, Helpline & Residential Programs

Melissa Paredes
Associate Director, Operations

Shan Huang
Associate Director, Special Programs

Ayaka Matsushima
Manager, Brooklyn Community Office

Gabrielle Nguyen
Manager, Communications

Jennifer Le
Manager, Community Education and Outreach

Tiffany HyeonBrooks
Manager, Development

Farima Caruso
Manager, Evaluation & Monitoring

Helen Wu
Manager, Family Law

To Be Announced
Manager, Helpline

Brooke Barber
Manager, Institutional Grants

Alisha Mohammed
Manager, Legal Program

Kaori Nagao
Manager, Manhattan Community Office

To Be Announced
Manager, Operations and IT

Farzahana Akhtar
Manager, Pathways to Empowerment

Miyoung Kim
Manager, Pathways to Healing

Mary Caparas
Manager, Project Free

Tianjin Li
Manager, Queens Community Office

WuYu Cao
Manager, Residential Programs

To Be Announced
Manager, Residential Programs
Board of Directors

Mae Hsieh
Co-Chair
Lawyer, Business Professional and Social Impact Leader

Jane Tran
Co-Chair
Co-Founder and COO, Sixfold

Nina Pineda
Vice Chair
Consumer Reporter, WABC-TV

Jenifer Garvey
Treasurer
Financial Services Professional

Alexander Ong
Secretary
Technology Consultant

Yogesh Bahl
Board Member
Chief Financial Officer, IACTA Pharmaceuticals

Madhavi Batliboi
Member
Director & AGC, Global Head of Music Legal, Meta

Deborah Chan
Board Member
Attorney, Law Office of Deborah Chan, PC

Harris Chan
Board Member
Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch

Sujata Dayal
Board Member
VP & Global Chief Compliance Officer, Medline Industries

Flora Feng
Board Member
Senior Legal Director, Global Intellectual Property, PepsiCo

Merv Garretson
Board Member
Group Creative Director, Hearst

Susanna Hong
Board Member
Managing Partner, Broadleaf Capital Advisor

Trisha Srivastava
Member
Entrepreneur and Independent Advisor

Jarret Yoshida
Board Member
Interior Designer, Jarret Yoshida, Inc.
Honorary Board of Directors

Connie Chung
Honorary Board Member
Television Journalist

Karen Elizaga
Honorary Board Member
Executive Coach, Forward Options LLC and Author, Find Your Sweet Spot

Victoria W. Hsu
Honorary Board Member
Director, J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation

Pauline Lee
Honorary Board Member
ESL Instructor
Emeritus Board of Directors

Zal Dabhoiwala
Emeritus Board Member
IT Auditor, WPP

Ankur Keswani
Emeritus Board Member
Senior Managing Director, Serengeti Asset Management

Hoon-Jung Kim
Emeritus Board Member
Corporate Counsel, Google Inc.

Janet Akie Masamitsu
Emeritus Board Member
Silversmith/Owner, Janet Sterling Silver Design

Cassidy Sehgal-Kolbet
Emeritus Board Member
Vice President, Digital and Advertising Law, L'Oreal USA

Niketa Sheth
Emeritus Board Member

Kyoko Waseda-Hida
Emeritus Board Member
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs